Toy rubber band projecting gun



A ril! 25, 1950 A. E. STONE 7 2,505,591

TOY RUBBER BAND PROJECTING GUN Filed 'June 27, 1945 Patented Apr. 25, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY RUBBER BAND PROJECTING GUN Arthur E. Stone, Richmond, Calif. Application June 27, 1945, Serial No. 601,752

4 Claims. l

This invention, a toy gun, is an improvement over existent toys of this type in that any kind of elastic material can be used as the projectile and that a loud report similar to the crack of a rifle is made when the projectile is released, and also in that the projectile functions simultaneously as the hammer actuating means for creating the loud report, and that therefore the operating mechanism is of the simplest possible con struction and consequently the most economical to manufacture, and also that the gun can be manufactured of wood, plastic, or metal.

The objects and advantages of the invention are as follows:

First, to provide a toy gun which is easy to operate and which because of the rifle-like report produced when the projectile is released, will be especially thrilling to the user.

Second, to provide a gun as outlined which is of extremely simple construction, one which can be made of wood, metal, or plastic, one which has an absolute minimum of operating parts, and which therefore can be most economically manufactored.

Th rd, to provide a gun as outlined with which any kind of elastic material can be used as the projectile in which the projectile itself functions as one of the operating parts of the gun.

Fourth, to provide a gun as outlined with which a loud report similar to the crack of a rifle is produced when the hammer is caused to strike the breech through the medium of the projectile when fired.

Fifth, to provide a toy as outlined in which the projectile functions as the actuating means for the hammer.

Sixth, to provide a toy gun as outlined in which the hammer completely disappears within the gun structure when released by the trigger for obstructionless projection of the projectile.

Seventh, to provide a tow gun as outlined in which half-cocking means is associated with the trigger for making the hammer accessible for cocking when the trigger is released.

In describing the invention reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the invention shown ready for firing.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view with one breech plate removed to show the hammer and trigger mechanism and their relation at the instant of producing the rifle-like report after the trigger has been pulled and the projectile released, and showing the complete disappearance of the hammer within the gun structure.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the hammer cocked and the projectile ready to be shot from the gun.

The invention includes a barrel H) wh ch may be round or octagonal, or of other suitable crosssection, and having a muzzle H provided with a transverse projectile-engaging recess i2, a breech I3 the upper portion of which is beveled as indicated at It to function as a striking face.

The breech end of this barrel is secured between the breech plates I5 by any suitable means, such as cementing or glueing, or by means of rivets H3 or the like, and a pistol grip I1 is also secured between these breech plates principally to form a spacer and support for the front ends of the breech plates, and extends from the underside of the barrel to a spaced distance below the breech plates.

A stock I1 is secured between the other end of the breech plates, also by similar suitable means such as the rivets l8, and a trigger guard is is toe-nailed to the stock at 29 and has an extension which closes the lower end of the space between the breech plates, and is suitably secured as by means of the rivets 2!.

The trigger 22 extends below the lower ends of the breech plates and is interposed therebetween and pivoted thereto at 23, suitable flush head screws with flush cap nuts being preferably used to avoid proiect ons from the outside surfaces of the breech plates.

The trigger includes a cocking cam 24, a cocking slot 25, and a half-cock arm or lever 26. The trigger spring is shown as a tension spring 21 connected between the lower portion of the barrel at 28 and the forward end of the halfcock lever at 29, though not limited to this specific type.

The hammer is of the utmost simplicity, being in the form of a parallelogram and consisting of a section of material wh ch is rectangular in cro s-section, w th the top bevel 30 forming the striking face formed to coll de or strike flat against the striking face M on the breech of the barrel when swung about its pivot 3|. The

wedge-shaped point 32 at the other end fits in the cooking slot 25. The rubber or other elastic band 33 simultaneously functions as the projectile and as the hammer actuating means and causes the hammer to collide with the surface M to create a rifle-like report.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The hammer is cocked in the usual way, being drawn back to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the point 32 riding over the cam surface 24 and depressing the trigger about its pivot 23 against the tension of the spring 21 until the recess 25 is reached by the point 32, at which time the trigger through the urgence of the spring 21 swings back and engages the point or cooking portion 32 of the hammer and locks the hammer in its cocked position as illustrated in Fig. 3. One

end of the elastic projectile 33 is then looped over the muzzle of the barrel and when tensioned is retained in the recess l2, the other end being looped over the back of the hammer as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, the back of the hammer being backwardly inclined when cooked to firmly and positively retain the projectile.

Upon retraction of the trigger 22, the cocking arm 35 of the trigger is moved forward about its pivot to a degree greater than that illustrated in Fig. 2 through normal pulling of the trigger, thus releasing the cooking point of the hammer from the cooking slot 25, releasing the hammer with the elastic projectile'33 projecting the hammer forward to collide its striking face against the striking face It on the breech of the barrel, the collision occurring at terrific speed and thereby causing a loud report similar to the crack of a rifle and with the hammer dropped completely below the top surface of the breech plates and barrel as illustrated in Fig. 2 and therefore providing obstructionless travel of the projectile for a straight course in the direction in which it is aimed.

Following firing of the projectile, with release of the trigger, the point 35 of the half-cock arm 26 engages the forward face 36 of the hammer and through the urgence of spring 21 returns the hammer to a half-cocked position indicated by the dotted figure at 31 in Fig. 2 with the upper end projecting above the top of the breech plates for accessibility for re-cocking.

Thus the projectile forms one of the operating elements of the gun at the same time that it functions as a projectile. The hammer requires the projectile for its actuation and to cause it to make the rifle-like sharp report. The trigger when released automatically returns the hammer to a half-cock position. In releasing the projectile, the hammer completely disappears between the breech plates so as to make release of the projectile obstructionless so that it will be projected directly in the line of sight.

I claim:

I. In a toy gun having a barrel, a stock, and spaced breech plates connecting said barrel and said stock; a transverse recess formed in the muzzle end of said barrel; a hammer pivotally supported by and disappearing between said breech plates and including a head at one end and a trigger engaging point at the other end; a trigger having a recess for cooperation with said trigger engaging point when the hammer is fully retracted, and means for urging said trigger to cooperate with said hammer to urge said hammer to an intermediate position and to cause engagement of said trigger engaging point in said recess when the hammer is fully retracted manually;

said hammer being releasable through manual pulling of said trigger; said barrel having a striking face formed on the breech thereof; said hammer having a striking face; said hammer being actuable by a projectile to sharply strike its striking face against the striking face on said breech to create a sharp rifle-like report coincident with pulling of said trigger with consequent projection of the projectile; said trigger having an upwardly projecting arm to strike the front of the hammer above its pivotal support to return said hammer to an intermediate position accessible above the breech plates for manual retraction to a fully retracted position when the trigger is released.

2. In a toy gun having a barrel, a stock, an elastic projectile actuated hammer, a trigger, and spaced breech plates connecting the barrel to the stock, and with the hammer pivotally supported by and between the breech plates; a first striking face formed on the breech end of said barrel; a second striking face formed on the frontal side of said hammer; said first striking face being located for cooperation with said second striking face; said hammer being movable to a completely concealed position between said breech plates for unobstructed projection of the actuating projectile when the hammer is released and to provide a sharp rifle-like report through collision between the said first and second striking faces; said trigger being pivotally supported by and between said breech plates and including spring urging means for cooperation of an upward extension thereof with the front of said hammer above its pivotal support to urge said hammer to an intermediate position to extend above the breech plates for accessibility for manual retraction when said trigger is released, and including cooperative engaging means on said hammer and on said trigger to releasably retain said hammer in a fully retracted position.

3. A toy gun comprising; a barrel having a transverse projectile-engaging recess formed in the muzzle end thereof, and a striking face formed on the breech end; a stock; spaced breech plates connecting said barrel to said stock; an elasticprojectile-actuated hammer pivotally supported by and between said breech plates and freely movable about its pivot and having a striking face formed on its upper frontal surface for cooperation with said striking face on said breech end, and having a trigger engaging point formed at the lower end; a trigger pivotally supported by and between said breech plates and having a recess for cooperation with said trigger engaging point for releasably retaining the hammer in a fully retracted position, and having an arm for cooperation with the front surface of said hammer and including spring means for urging said arm to urge said hammer to an intermediate position with the upper end of the hammer projecting above the breech plates for accessibility for manual movement to a fully retracted position, with said hammer creating a sharp collision between said striking faces to create a loud report when the projectile-urged hammer is released through pulling of said trigger.

4. A toy gun having a barrel, a stock, an elasticprojectile-actuated hammer having a trigger engaging point at its lower end, and a trigger having a hammer engaging arm and an engaging recess and including a spring for normally urging said arm to cooperate with the front surface of said hammer, and to engage said trigger engaging point in said recess when the hammer is manually retracted, with said trigger releasing a d h mer when the t igger is manually pulled; a pair of breech plates connecting said REFERENCES CITED bafrrel 9 1 Stock d havmg Sam hammer and The following references are of record in the trigger individually pivotally supported between file of this patent;

the breech plates; said hammer disappearing between said breech plates and striking the breech 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS of the barrel when the trigger is pulled to create Number Name Date a sharp report, said spring-urged arm returning 577,641 Bruder Feb. 23, 1897 said hammer to an intermediate position with 720,558 Bucher et a1. Feb. 1'7, 1903 the upper end of the hammer projecting above 1,768,944 Taylor July 1, 1930 the breech plates for accessibility for full manual 10 1,844,173 Mountjoy et al Feb. 9, 1932 retraction when the trigger is released. 2,255,563 Heminger Sept. 9, 1941 ARTHUR E. STONE. 

